Favorite Snape Scenes - He's such a lovely professor, no really.

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 122199


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Vivamus" <Vivamus at T...> wrote:
> The real thing that sticks in my craw about Severus is that he 
*still* treats Harry horribly when they are alone, even when he 
*knows* Harry truly IS a hero, and when he knows Harry is smart 
enough not to go blabbing to others that SS is really a good guy.  I 
think that adds up to SS being mean, petty, vindictive, and 
unforgiving, but also to his being broken from something that 
happened a long time ago that he cannot forget or let go.
(Snip> 
> Vivamus


Tonks here:
First Harry is a child. Normally he would never have been told all 
of the things that he knows about because he is a child and has no 
business in adult affairs.  It is only because he is the prophesy 
child that he is told anything. Second Snape is a spy and this is 
not a game. This is serious and dangerous work that Snape is doing. 
Why should he let down his guard for some kid who will first blab to 
his friends and Snape knows who else!!!  Snape is not stupid you 
know. Even WE know that he will tell Ron and Hermione!! And even if 
he doesn't he will start acting differently toward Snape. There will 
not be the same amount of hatred in his eyes and someone will 
notice. 

Also just because we think that Snape is on the side of DD and the 
good does not mean that his basic personally is suddenly altered.  
He is a flawed human being and will continue to be. I think that, as 
I have said before, that JKR is showing us that anyone can join in 
the fight against good and evil and be on the side of the good.  
Even people with very nasty personalities like Snape. 

And I know this was kind of a Snapish post. ;-)
Tonks_op